Over The Line 62nd Annual World Championship 7:30 a.m. to sunset Saturday and Sunday, and July 18-19. Fiesta Island, Mission Bay Park. ombac.org Every year, thousands of players and tens of thousands of spectators flock to Mission Bay Park for this three-player bat-and-ball sport. A variation on baseball and softball, ...

A researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla has published new findings on bone worms, deep-sea creatures that devour whale carcasses. Scientists originally observed that the worms mature only in female form, with males living in a larval state within the females’ bodies. Their latest discovery, published ...

San Diego  Visitors to the Gaslamp Quarter on Sunday got a taste of penny candy, free popcorn — and of an earlier era in San Diego history. The Fallback Children’s Historical Street Faire introduced visitors to the San Diego of the 1880s, with hands-on displays of gold panning, candle ...

The region’s residents used 4 percent less water in September than they did during the same month last year — notching a second straight month of conservation, the San Diego County Water Authority said. But the latest figure marks a slight uptick from August, when water use dropped 6 percent ...

California anglers will be restricted to just two bluefin tuna per day instead of 10 under tentative changes to limits for the popular sportfish. The Pacific Fishery Management Council — the rule-making body for federal fisheries — proposed on Monday to sharply cut the bag limit on bluefin, to help ...

California anglers will be restricted to just two bluefin tuna per day instead of 10 under tentative changes to limits for the popular sportfish. The Pacific Fishery Management Council — the rule-making body for federal fisheries — proposed on Monday to sharply cut the bag limit on bluefin, to help ...

A Navy aviator who was presumed dead after two jets crashed Friday was identified as Lt. Nathan Poloski, a 26-year-old native of Lake Arrowhead, the Navy reported Sunday. Poloski was flying an F/A-18C Hornet early Friday morning when his plane collided with another Hornet aircraft during a routine flight west ...

MISSION VALLEY  Scientists and politicians have wrestled with climate change and other environmental issues with mixed results, Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist Veerabhadran Ramanathan told an international gathering of education officials Tuesday. Now, he said, it’s time for educators and religious leaders to join the debate. “There is a ...

Coastal panel to vote on closure A proposal to close Children’s Pool beach in La Jolla for five months per year to protect pupping seals will reach what could be its final step Thursday, when the California Coastal Commission is scheduled to consider the measure. The panel is set to ...

Imagine a city without rain spouts, where precipitation funnels into cisterns or barrels instead. Envision parks with flower-filled basins that catch and trap runoff. Picture streets that absorb rain as it falls. These features may seem like a green dream, but they’re on the horizon — the result of water ...

MISSION BAY  Cancer survivors and their families celebrated their stamina at a paddleboard festival Sunday on Mission Bay that sought to aid and inspire patients. The 8th annual Survivor Beach was held to benefit the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, one of 41 comprehensive cancer centers in the ...